Blake Baxter(born 1963) is an Americantechnomusician, associated with the first wave ofDetroit techno.[1]AllMusiccalled him "perhaps the most underrated figure" of the early Detroit techno scene.[2]
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| Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Detroit,MI, US |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
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Baxter was born inDetroit,Michigan,United States,[1]and first began mixing records in the middle of the 1980s. Some of his first releases were recorded in Chicago on the label DJ International, which was later remixed and released in Detroit on the record label KMS Records, KMS-011, also in Detroit.[1]He released music on theUnderground Resistancelabel, including an EP 12-inch vinylThe Prince of TechnoUR-06 in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[1]He also had several of his productions featured on theTechno! The New Dance Sound of Detroitcompilation. Around 1989-92, he released three 12-inch records on Incognito Records.[citation needed]
While touring in Germany inBerlin,he releasedOne More Timeon Tresor Records andBrothers Gonna Work it Outon Logic Records in Frankfurt; a track based onWillie Hutch's 1973 eponymous release, which was later sampled byThe Chemical Brothers.After returning to Detroit, he set up the labels Mix Records and Phat Joint and opened a record store in downtown Detroit called Save the Vinyl from 1992 to 1999.[citation needed]
Discography
edit- Work Jack Master 2compilation album DJ International Westside Records
- In This House We Jack Jack Master 4compilation album DJ International Westside Records
- When We Used to PlayEP KMS Records, 1987
- "Forever and a day",Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroitalbum compilation (Virgin 10 Records), 1988
- "Ride em Boy",Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroitalbum compilation (Virgin 10 Records), 1988
- SexualityIncognito Records, 1989
- The Crimes of the HeartEP Incognito Records, 1990
- The Prince of TechnoEP Underground Resistance Records, 1991
- One More TimeTresor Records, 1992
- Brothers Gonna Work it OutLogic Records, 1993
- The Vault(Disko B, 1995)
- The H Factor (Hurricane Melt)(Disko B, 1997)
- A Decade Underground DJ Mix(Tresor Records,1998)
- Dream Sequence(Tresor, 2000)
- Dream Sequence 3(Tresor, 2001)
References
edit- ^abcdColin Larkin,ed. (2000).The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music(First ed.).Virgin Books.p. 35/6.ISBN0-7535-0427-8.
- ^John Bush,Blake BaxteratAllMusic
External links
edit- Blake Baxterdiscography atDiscogs.